Physics and tradition before Galileo --
Vincenzio Galilei and Galileo --
The scientific personality of Galileo --
The Accademia dei Lincei --
The effectiveness of Galileo's work --
Galileo, Kepler, and their intermediaries --
Galileo and the telescope --
The dispute over bodies in water --
Sunspots, Sizzi, and Scheiner --
Galileo's theory of the tides --
Free fall and uniform acceleration --
Galileo and the concept of inertia --
The case against "circular inertia."